10 of the best new restaurants in Austin

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If you're heading to Austin for the annual SXSW festival this week, you'll want to make sure you're hitting up all of the best spots in town.

Every week, the Foursquare team puts together a "Trending This Week" list, ranking food and drink destinations by which are generating the most buzz on its two apps. Its Austin version includes everything from a healthy salad place to a new Tex-Mex spot serving up Mexican martinis.

If you've already hit up the classics like Franklin's BBQ and Torchy's Tacos and want to try something new, these are your best bet.

9. DeSano Pizzeria Napoletana

This pizzeria — which also has locations open in Nashville, Charleston, Los Angeles, and Fort Lauderdale — is known for cooking its pies in authentic, imported pizza ovens. If you're up for trying something new, order one of the pizzas with a stuffed-ricotta crust.

7. Grand Lux Cafe

Grand Lux Cafe has a menu that's packed with decadent items like double stuffed potato spring rolls and a double lux cheeseburger with melted American cheese, slow-cooked caramelized onions, red wine sauce, and garlic aioli. As for that cheeseburger, you can also order it with triple and quadruple the patties. There are also locations in Florida, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Dallas, and Houston.

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6. St. Elmo Brewing Company

In addition to its inventive beers, this new brewery also serves pour-over coffee and delicious Asian fusion bites from its resident food truck, Soursop. The large beer garden would also be a great place to hang out and listen to live music on a warm night.

4. El Burro

El Burro offers all of the Tex-Mex favorites, from fajitas and quesadillas to enchiladas and burritos. The restaurant also has a popular drink menu with concoctions like a mango margarita — made with Espolon Blanco and fresh mango puree — and a Mexican martini made with Milagro Reposado, lime, Cointreau, Picholine, and Cholula hot sauce.

2. Flower Child

Flower Child — which also has locations in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Santa Monica, and Del Mar, California — has a mission to "serve healthy food for a happy world." Many of the menu items are vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free, including custom salad and grain bowls.

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1. Cannon and Belle

This restaurant offers a delicious mix of the healthy and the less so, featuring kombucha on tap alongside "breakfast carbs" like a huevos rancheros pizza topped with black beans, chorizo, and an egg. It's open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.